Suzanne Georgette Charpentier

 Annabella, born Suzanne Georgette Charpentier (July 14, 1907 – September 18, 1996)

Annabella's chance to enter films came when her father entertained a film producer, who gave her a small part in Abel Gance's great classic Napoléon (1927). She was not critically acclaimed until she starred in René Clair's Le Million (1931), and over the following decade established herself as one of France's most popular cinema actresses. For Sacrifice d'honneur (Veille d'armes, 1935), she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival in 1936. She was cast as the female lead in the British-made film Wings of the Morning (1937) with Henry Fonda. Under contract to 20th Century Fox, she traveled to America and appeared in Suez (1938) with Loretta Young and Tyrone Power. Her romance with Power was widely reported by movie magazines of the day. Darryl F. Zanuck, movie mogul at 20th Century Fox, did not want his matinee idol married. He offered Annabella a multimovie deal that would take her overseas. She refused to leave Power, and on completion of Suez, she returned to France to obtain a divorce from her then-husband, Jean Murat. She married Power in 1939, and they remained together until their divorce in 1948. While Power was away during his war service, Annabella appeared in Blithe Spirit in Chicago. On Broadway, she received excellent notices for her work in Jacobowsky and the Colonel, directed by Elia Kazan. Annabella again worked in films, playing the female lead in 13 Rue Madeleine (1947) with James Cagney. Power and she finally divorced in 1948, and Annabella returned to France. She appeared in film director José Luis Sáenz de Heredia's Spanish version of Don Juan (1950), and her final film was released in 1952.

After a 1954 television appearance in the American series Suspense, she retired. Annabella died in 1996 after suffering a heart attack in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, aged 89. She did not remarry after Power, and he adopted her daughter Anne while they were married.